Film Society of Lincoln Center

News about Film Society of Lincoln Center, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Feb. 19, 2015

Manohla Dargis Critic's Notebook examines Electric Boogaloo, retrospective of edgy, provocative films made by Cannon Studios, now playing as part of Film Society of Lincoln Center's Film Comment Selects series; praises work of Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, Israeli men who created the studio. MORE

Feb. 6, 2015

AO Scott Critic's Notebook responds to Tell It Like It Is, survey of black independent film of New York from 1968 to 1986 presented by Film Society of Lincoln Center; welcomes series devoted to rich, underappreciated chapter in American movie history. MORE

Jan. 30, 2015

Gia Kourlas Critic's Notebook assesses selections at 43rd Dance on Camera Festival, organized by Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Assn; notes that festival includes films that focus attention on unconventional forms of dancing. MORE

Oct. 12, 2014

The actor and filmmaker Robert Redford is to be honored at a gala in April. MORE

Sep. 24, 2014

The director’s public service announcement about elephant poaching will be shown Saturday, and Ms. Bigelow will moderate a panel on the subject. MORE

Sep. 5, 2014

Interview with filmmaker, author and provocateur John Waters, in which he discusses his early years as an artist and oddball; Waters is being honored by the Film Society of Lincoln Center during their Fifty Years of John Waters: How Much Can You Take? retrospective. MORE

Aug. 21, 2014

Eric Hynes examines offerings at Strange Lands: International Sci-Fi, new series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center focusing on European science-fiction cinema; praises several Cold War-era gems that encapsulate some of the genre's best, if low-budget, traditions. MORE

Aug. 10, 2014

Anthology Film Archives and Film Society of Lincoln Center are each hosting a film series celebrating writers who were blacklisted for their politics during McCarthy era. MORE

Jun. 12, 2014

Stephen Holden discusses films in 2014 Human Rights Watch Film Festival, presented by Film Society of Lincoln Center and IFC Center; notes that women directed 16 of the 22 films, many of which focus on war, injustice and oppression. MORE

Jun. 5, 2014

Mike Hale discusses Gianfranco Rosi documentary Sacro GRA, which won top prize at Venice Film Festival and is playing as part of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema Festival at Film Society of Lincoln Center; notes that film focuses on several characters as it examines Grande Raccordo Anulare, circular road that surrounds Rome. MORE

Apr. 6, 2014

Film Society of Lincoln Center is offering Jim Jarmusch retrospective entitled Permanent Vacation, featuring 11 films, several shorts and music videos by the director; Jarmusch's latest film, Only Lovers Left Alive, features vampire couple whose love spans centuries and continents. MORE

Apr. 6, 2014

Art of the Real series at Film Society of Lincoln Center looks at boundary-pushing documentary films from years past that have blurred lines between truth and fiction, observation and intervention. MORE

Mar. 6, 2014

Stephen Holden observes that this year's Rendez-Vous With French Cinema festival, annual showcase of recent French movies presented by Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance Films, spotlights less traditional, more rough-edged fare than past editions. MORE

Feb. 14, 2014

A O Scott showcases selections from 2014 Film Comment Selects, annual festival from Film Society of Lincoln Center that includes 22 movies chosen by editors of Film Comment magazine; festival disguises its ambition in matter-of-fact modesty of its title and presents winter-weary New York audiences with grab bag full of oddities and treasures, letting them decide which is which. MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Several figures from film world offer suggestions for how Film Society of Lincoln Center, which is in state of flux with new executive director yet to be named, should proceed. MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

Manohla Dargis suggests that Film Society of Lincoln Center introduce Education initiatives for students and teachers in order to build young audience. MORE

Feb. 2, 2014

A O Scott notes that Film Society of Lincoln Center is physically alienated from its audience by unfriendly architecture and Upper West Side address that is far from where movie lovers congregate. MORE

Jan. 30, 2014

Dec. 18, 2013

Rose Kuo, executive director of the Film Society of Lincoln Center since 2010, is stepping down. MORE

Aug. 28, 2013

Restored version of documentary film Far From Vietnam, made in 1967 by Chris Marker, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Claude Lelouch, Agnes Varda, William Klein and Joris Ivens and rarely seen since then, will screen as part of Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Cinema of Resistance series. MORE

Aug. 19, 2013

The festival’s roster includes “Inside Llewyn Davis,” by Joel and Ethan Coen; “The Wind Rises,” a new animated feature directed by Hayao Miyazaki; and “About Time,” a romantic comedy that Richard Curtis says will be his swan song. MORE

Jun. 13, 2013

Stephen Holden looks at highlights from 24th edition of Human Rights Watch Film Festival, presented by Film Society of Lincoln Center, which features 20 films that explore conflict and societal change. MORE

Apr. 23, 2013

A gala to honor Barbra Steisand is filled with glittering names, but her status as a feminist role model is worth lingering on. MORE

Apr. 22, 2013

Barbra Streisand answers readers questions ahead of receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Film Society of Lincoln Center. MORE

Mar. 26, 2013

A O Scott and Manohla Dargis discuss highlights from Film Society of Lincoln Center's upcoming New Directors/New Films series. MORE

Mar. 4, 2013

Robert Koehler, who last fall was named year-round director of programming at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, is resigning that position, to be replaced by Dennis Lim. MORE

Feb. 28, 2013

Stephen Holden notes that 2013 Rendez-Vous With French Cinema series, presented by Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance, includes several films by Jean Renoir. MORE

Feb. 18, 2013

Manohla Dargis discusses several movies that will be screened at Film Society of Lincoln Center's Film Comment Selects series. MORE

Jan. 24, 2013

Mike Hale observes that Film Society of Lincoln Center's retrospective of Australian film, entitled Last New Wave, features 19 movies that highlight country's cinematic reawakening in the 1970s. MORE

Jul. 27, 2012

Stephen Holden maintains that the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film festival NewFest has finally gotten mainstream recognition in its 24th season as it moves to the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center and joins forces with Outfest, a similar but more robust festival in Los Angeles. MORE

Jul. 15, 2012

Film Society of Lincoln Center celebrates Gene Kelly as a choreographer and dancer in Invitation to the Dance: Gene Kelly at 100, a program of 23 films. MORE

Mar. 1, 2012

Film Society of Lincoln Center's annual film series Rendez-Vous With French Cinema is larger this year, having expanded from Lincoln Center to the IFC Center and BAMcinematek. MORE

Feb. 17, 2012

A O Scott showcases movies presented at the 2012 Film Comment Selects, a festival-like series hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center that has become an essential annual gathering of provocative, overlooked and surprising films, both new and old. MORE

Apr. 5, 2011

Anticipation builds for two new Upper West Side art house cinemas, part of Lincoln Center's Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. MORE

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